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ADVANCED MATERIALS & PROCESSES • SEPTEMBER 2014 67
HIGHLIGHTS...Surgical Module ASM
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Members in the News
Scholarship Awarded to Lombardi
ASM student board member Anthony
Lombardi is the winner of the 2014 Met-
Soc Doctoral Scholarship. This is a
Canada-wide competition culminating in
the selection of only one winner. The pur-
pose of the MetSoc Doctoral Student
Scholarship is to encourage and support
the attainment of educational goals by a
doctoral student who has demonstrated a high level of re-
search achievement at a Canadian university. Lombardi is a
third-year Ph.D. candidate in mechanical engineering at Ry-
erson University in Toronto. He is also a 2014-2015 student
board member on the ASM Board of Trustees.
Promotion for Berndt
Christopher C. Berndt, FASM, TS-
HoF, was promoted to University Distin-
guished Professor, Swinburne University
of Technology in Australia, effective
March 18, in honor of his outstanding re-
search achievements, international recog-
nition, and prominence in his field. The
Acting Vice-Chancellor acknowledged the
significance of Berndt’s work in thermal spray studies within
the field of materials science and engineering and his inter-
national leadership in this field. The University praised not
only his research achievements, but also work he did as Pres-
ident of the Thermal Spray Society and ASM International.
Ravindran Receives Canadian Materials Award
ASM President C. Ravi Ravindran,
FASM, was selected as the recipient of the
2014 MetSoc Distinguished Materials Sci-
entist Award by the Metallurgy and Mate-
rials Society of CIM. This Materials
Section Award recognizes members who
have distinguished themselves through
highly significant contributions to the ad-
vancement of materials engineering in Canada. The award
will be presented at the banquet on September 30 at the
Hyatt Regency Hotel Vancouver during the Conference of
Metallurgists.
Simmons Donates $7.5 Million to CMU
Richard P. Simmons, FASM (left), chairman emeritus of
Allegheny Technologies Inc., announced a $7.5 million gift to
Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) in Pittsburgh to support
a state-of-the-art auditorium to be built on the university’s
future David A. Tepper
Quadrangle. The facility will
serve as the center for major
conferences, speeches,
classes, and performances.
“We are very grateful to Dick
and Ginny Simmons for this
generous gift,” says CMU
president, Subra Suresh,
FASM (right).
SMDI Taps GM’s Hall to Head Automotive Programs
The Steel Market Development Institute
(SMDI), a business unit of the American
Iron and Steel Institute (AISI), announces
that Jody N. Hall, former Technical Inte-
gration Engineer at General Motors Co.
Global Body Manufacturing Engineering
Center in Warren, Mich., will succeed
Ronald P. Krupitzer as vice president, Au-
tomotive Market, for the Institute. Krupitzer, who held the
position for 13 years, will retire at the end of the year. Hall re-
ceived her doctorate in materials science and engineering
from the University of Michigan, under a General Motors
Fellowship in 1994 and spent a large part of her career in ap-
plying new steels and manufacturing techniques in automo-
tive applications.
ITA Honors Bania with Lifetime Achievement Award
Titanium metallurgist, researcher, and
inventor Paul J. Bania, FASM, will receive
the Lifetime Achievement Award from the
International Titanium Association (ITA)
during the organization’s 30th annual con-
ference in Chicago, September 21-24. The
Award recognizes exceptional contribu-
tions to the advancement of titanium ap-
plications and technology. Bania was chosen for his
outstanding efforts in developing new alloys and improving
melting and mill processes used for titanium applications in
aerospace, auto racing, and other industries. Bania’s career
includes 17 years at TIMET and forming TiPro Corp. to sup-
ply titanium to the auto racing industry.
Medical Materials Database
New Surgical Module Preview!
ASM and Granta Design will
release a preview of the upcom-
ing ASM Medical Materials
Database Surgical Module on
September 18. Fully integrated
with the existing database, which
includes Orthopaedic, Cardio-
vascular, and Neurological Mod-
ules, the preview release con-
tains records describing a repre-
sentative and diverse sample of
surgical devices and the materi-
als (with specific grades, coat-
ings, and more) used in those
devices. This important new
module will provide a peer-reviewed and reliable source of
materials-related data for surgical device design. The full
Surgical Module release will include up to five times more
device records than are included in the preview, plus addi-
tional materials, drugs, and coatings.
For more information, contact Scott Flowers at
, 800.336.5152 or 440.338.5151,
ext. 5230.